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Ota Benga

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Ota Benga (– March 20, 1916) was an Mbuti (Congo pygmy) man, known for being featured in an anthropology exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1904, and in a human zoo exhibit in 1906 at the Bronx Zoo. [1]

35 relations: Antonio Monda, Baka people (Cameroon and Gabon), Benga (surname), Bronx Zoo, Carrie Allen McCray, Couple in The Cage: Two Undiscovered Amerindians Visit the West, Dehumanization, Gregory W. Hayes, History of anthropology, Human tooth sharpening, Human zoo, Index of Democratic Republic of the Congo-related articles, Ishi, List of Central African Republic-related topics, List of documentary films, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, Madison Grant, March 1916, Mbuti people, National Great Blacks In Wax Museum, Negro of Banyoles, Outline of Burundi, Piñataland, Pygmy peoples, Racism, Richard Mohun, Sarah Baartman, Scientific racism, Scramble for Africa, Social anthropology, The Fall (2006 film), William Temple Hornaday, Zoo, 1916, 1916 in the United States.

Antonio Monda

Antonio Monda (born 19 October 1962) is an Italian writer, film director, essayist, and professor at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.

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Baka people (Cameroon and Gabon)

The Baka people, known in the Congo as Bayaka (Bebayaka, Bebayaga, Bibaya), are an ethnic group inhabiting the southeastern rain forests of Cameroon, northern Republic of Congo, northern Gabon, and southwestern Central African Republic.

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Benga (surname)

Benga is a surname.

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Bronx Zoo

The Bronx Zoo is a zoo located within Bronx Park in the Bronx, a borough of New York City.

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Carrie Allen McCray

Carrie Allen McCray (October 4, 1913 – July 25, 2008) was an African-American writer born in Lynchburg, Virginia, whose published works include Ajös Means Goodbye (1966), The Black Woman and Family Roles (1980), and her memoir, Freedom’s Child: The Life of a Confederate General’s Black Daughter (1998) about seeking out her family history and the stories of her grandfather.

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Couple in The Cage: Two Undiscovered Amerindians Visit the West

The Couple in a Cage: Two Amerindians Visit the West was a 1992-1993 performance art piece by artists Guillermo Gómez-Peña and Coco Fusco for their exhibition The Year of the White Bear and Two Undiscovered Amerindians Visit the West--which toured five countries and was performing in nine different locations.

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Dehumanization

Dehumanization or an act thereof can describe a behavior or process that undermines individuality of and in others.

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Gregory W. Hayes

Gregory W. Hayes (died December 2, 1906) was a prominent leader in the Baptist community of African Americans in Richmond, Virginia.

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History of anthropology

History of anthropology in this article refers primarily to the 18th- and 19th-century precursors of modern anthropology.

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Human tooth sharpening

Human tooth sharpening is the practice of manually sharpening the teeth, usually the front incisors.

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Human zoo

Human zoos, also called ethnological expositions, were 19th-, 20th-, and 21st-century public exhibitions of humans, usually in a so-called natural or primitive state.

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Index of Democratic Republic of the Congo-related articles

Articles (arranged alphabetically) related to the Democratic Republic of the Congo include.

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Ishi

Ishi (c. 1861 – March 25, 1916) was the last known member of the Native American Yahi people from the state of California in the United States.

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List of Central African Republic-related topics

This is a list of topics related to the Central African Republic.

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List of documentary films

This is an alphabetical list of documentary films with Wikipedia articles.

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Louisiana Purchase Exposition

The Louisiana Purchase Exposition, informally known as the St.

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Madison Grant

Madison Grant (November 19, 1865 – May 30, 1937) was an American lawyer, writer, and zoologist known primarily for his work as a eugenicist and conservationist.

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March 1916

The following events occurred in March 1916.

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Mbuti people

Mbuti or Bambuti are one of several indigenous pygmy groups in the Congo region of Africa.

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National Great Blacks In Wax Museum

The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum is a wax museum in Baltimore, Maryland featuring prominent African-American historical figures.

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Negro of Banyoles

The Negro of Banyoles (negre de Banyoles) was a controversial piece of taxidermy of a San individual, which used to be a major attraction in the Darder Museum of Banyoles (Catalonia, Spain).

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Outline of Burundi

The location of Burundi An enlargeable map of the Republic of Burundi The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Burundi: The Republic of Burundi is a small sovereign country located in the Great Lakes region of Africa.

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Piñataland

Piñataland is a Brooklyn-based musical group created by David Wechsler and Doug Stone.

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Pygmy peoples

In anthropology, pygmy peoples are ethnic groups whose average height is unusually short.

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Racism

Racism is the belief in the superiority of one race over another, which often results in discrimination and prejudice towards people based on their race or ethnicity.

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Richard Mohun

Richard Dorsey Loraine Mohun (April 12, 1864 – July 13, 1915) was an American explorer, diplomat, mineral prospector and mercenary.

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Sarah Baartman

Sarah Baartman (also spelled Sara, sometimes in the diminutive form Saartje, and Bartman, Bartmann, or Baartmen) (1789 – 29 December 1815), was the most well known of at least two South African Khoikhoi women who, due to their large buttocks, were exhibited as freak show attractions in 19th-century Europe under the name Hottentot Venus—"Hottentot" was the then current name for the Khoi people, now considered an offensive term, and "Venus" referred to the Roman goddess of love.

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Scientific racism

Scientific racism (sometimes referred to as race biology, racial biology, or race realism) is the pseudoscientific belief that empirical evidence exists to support or justify racism (racial discrimination), racial inferiority, or racial superiority.

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Scramble for Africa

The Scramble for Africa was the occupation, division, and colonization of African territory by European powers during the period of New Imperialism, between 1881 and 1914.

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Social anthropology

Social anthropology or anthroposociology is the dominant constituent of anthropology throughout the United Kingdom and Commonwealth and much of Europe (France in particular), where it is distinguished from cultural anthropology.

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The Fall (2006 film)

The Fall is a 2006 adventure fantasy film directed and co-written by Tarsem Singh, starring Lee Pace, Catinca Untaru, and Justine Waddell.

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William Temple Hornaday

William Temple Hornaday, Sc.D. (December 1, 1854 – March 6, 1937) was an American zoologist, conservationist, taxidermist, and author.

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Zoo

A zoo (short for zoological garden or zoological park and also called an animal park or menagerie) is a facility in which all animals are housed within enclosures, displayed to the public, and in which they may also breed.

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1916

Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix.

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1916 in the United States

Events from the year 1916 in the United States.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ota_Benga

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